Well it seems 2025 is not going to be a low cost year.

Looking for recommendations for roofer to inspect our roof. A few homes on our street have been getting new roofs so likely need ours inspected.

For window, one of bay windows apparently has a crack so will need that replaced and may trigger replacement of all front windows to look consistent.

For windows, we have used Red Oak Contracting out of Mckinney and had a good experience. Only downside isthey are made to order, so the wait time could be long. I believe the windows are manufactured in either Midlothian or Waxahachie.

We did our roof earlier this year and went with Homeover General Contractors on a referral. Thought they did a great job. We've had a small warranty issue since and they have been highly responsive and have resolved the issue.

Shoot me a PM if you are interested and I will get you connected.

For a true objective opinion, you need to hire a roof inspector, not a salesman from a roofing company.

mefoghorn said:

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For a true objective opinion, you need to hire a roof inspector, not a salesman from a roofing company.

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Agree. That is what i am trying to find. We had plenty of door knocks over the past 6 months but just turn them away.

On the windows side, leaning a bit towards Clarity, Best Buy Windows, Red Oak and maybe just maybe a Home Depot. Crack is located in blue circle.

At a minimum would want to replace all visible front of house widows (not sure about over-door one).

For the bay...is that considered 3 windows? For the windows surrounding fireplace I assume that is 4? Would be 10 windows for the front if so...i think.

Then the decision would be do i replace all at once...If i am counting right i have:

----15 in back (2 bay windows = 6 of them and one really massive one).

----2 above garage in back (no pic)

----3 in kitchen (old pic from previous owner)

----1 in laundry (no pic)


Blah...i knew this day would come but going to be $$$

The cracked window doesn't look to be real distinctive, so I would see about just replacing the bay windows. No need to do the whole house unless there are other problems.

It's a hairline crack. That is a pic from our home listing but either way you can't see from street.

All our windows are pretty darn old and foggy. We plan to do it I was just hoping to maybe wait 2 more years. Maybe replacing just the glass is the right option…

Here is the info for a company that two good friends of mine own. Great guys and very honest, you can request an inspection on their site. I'm a home & auto insurance broker, so I deal with a ton of roofers. https://roofcake.com/

I thought window world was what was being recommended not too long ago... is that no longer the case? I'd love to get mine done this year too but the thought of the potential cost is staggering.

I love the opportunity to tell people NOT to use Champion for windows. That place is staffed by complete morons.

My folks also just used Lowe's out in East Texas for windows and it has been a complete joke of a job for them. Going on seven months now and their window job is not complete.

When we bought our house, the windows were the original (1984) . And we had a number of west facing windows. Replacing the windows that received afternoon sun made a WORLD of difference. Those were well worth replacing. At that point it just made sense to replace the rest.

We were also lucky to have only standard sized windows; no fancy setupsnor bay windows, which kept our cost down as well. If we had a bigger house and 2 stories, I definitely wouldn't have replaced all of them at once and would have considered replacing just the glass, but that wasn't an option for us.

Excellent window guys. Fair price, great service.


https://firstexteriordesigns.com/